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I recently picked up a CF Chaparral and am very pleased with it, overall. For many years, I carried small lock back Spydies like the Spur(still think it's one of the best designs Spyderco ever made), Co-Pilot, Navigator II and Dragonfly, so this knife made a lot of sense to me. I also love that it's...

Yup, happy belated birthday!

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Lance that video looks like me trying to close my Stretch while driving lol. Why do you open your Stretch while driving :p I like my lock backs. Most have no bladeplay, but my older Salts show a bit (not an issue in use...) Sometimes I get bored and want to play with my spydies lol It's better than...

Maybe I'm also lucky that none of my Seki knives have any blade play. I even bought a few super blues in the last week, and they were tight out of the box. Maybe there's a certain way people are using them that makes it more likely to happen? Or maybe there's just bad batches of them out there? You...

abbazaba wrote:
The fit and finish of the Chap is in a different class than most lock backs, but if you can find a Sage4.... :cool:

Yeah, I should be considering one. If the F&F of the 4 is on par with the 3 or 2, I'd be very impressed :spyder:

Surfingringo wrote: I would also note that I like ALL of the locks on the list. They all work great for me when well executed.

Amen :cool:

I voted for the Power Lock, because it's an evolution of the back lock. All things being equal, I'd choose a fully ambidextrous lock over a dedicated right or left every time. If you can improve on a time tested design, all the better!

I haven't had Native since Wal-Mart sold them a decade or so ago. It was a great knife, but I didn't care for the short cutting edge relative to the overall length. I really want to try the newest G10 version, because I've read nothing but good things about it, but I know the proportions will bug me...

I'm another huge fan of lock back knives. Like others have stated, I dig the knife being fully ambi(another lefty, but carry in RFP and use is right hand most often) and the overall look. I've also had a number of Seki knives over the years with a bit of up and down movement, even though the lock st...

Another guy waiting for a CF Chaparral to arrive! Congratulations! Prepare to be impressed. I love mine. ;) Thanks! I got it about an hour ago and initial impressions are very positive. As an owner of a number of Taichung Spydies over the past few years, this guy lives up to the reputation of amazi...

Another guy waiting for a CF Chaparral to arrive!

Definitely not crazy at all. I keep whittling away at my "collection" to get things down to a reasonable amount...or what I might consider reasonable. I've been trying to live more of a minimalist lifestyle lately and the only aspect of my life that makes it hard are my knives. Basically ...

The short answer for me is no. If I want one of the more pricey knives, I'll save up and buy it. It comes down to how quickly I can come up with the extra cash, not if I'm able to come up with the cash.

I watched it last night and agree it was a disturbing look at a depressing subject. Certainly worth watching, though.

Yup, Happy belated birthday!

They look great. Gotta get me a Chaparrel sometime...

The GB2 is on my radar big time!

For whatever reason, I'm wired in such a way that I have a really hard time owning "stuff" that doesn't get used regularly or has a specific role that it serves. I'm big into paddling and have had somewhere around 20 high end seakayaks over the past two decades or so, always looking for th...

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